Appointment of Acting CNA: Commissioners Disown Fika... Says "We Lost Confidence In Your Leadership of the Commission"

Seven Commissioners in the National Assembly Service Commission have dissociated themselves from the position of Adamu Fika who is the Chairman of the Commission over his position that Mohammed Sani Omoliori is the most senior staff in the Commission and should be appointed the Clerk to the National Assembly ahead of the Deputy Clerk Ben Efeturi.

The Commissioners in a letter dated 26th April and obtained by Parliamentary Info said the issue of seniority between Efeturi and Omolori had been resolved in the minutes of November 2014.

The Commissioners said when Fika brought up the issue of appointment of acting CNA in the 444th meeting, most of them rejected his memo that Omolori be appointed acting CNA ahead of Efeturi with support from only one commissioner. They wondered why Fika went ahead to issue a letter of appointment to Omolori while the Commission had not yet ratified the minutes of the previous meeting.

The Commissioners said Fika through his actions of distorting the facts have brought shame on the Commission. " you may be the Chairman of the Commission but you are not the Commission.... your actions on the appointment of the acting CNA has brought negative publicity to the Commission... we wish to inform you that we have lost faith on your leadership as Chairman of the Commission" the letter signed by seven commissioners cutting accross geoplitical zones read.

It will be recalled that controversy has continued to trail the appointment of acting Clerk to the National Assembly. The Chairman of the National Assembly Commission had through a letter dated 21st April appointed the Clerk of the House of Representatives as the acting CNA bypassing the Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly.

President of the Senate Bukola Saraki had kicked against the appointment. Saraki through a letter by his Chief of staff dated 22nd April asked Fika to reverse the appointment stressing that the Commission must follow seniority in the appointment of acting CNA.

Saraki said Ben Efeturi is the most senior and should be appointed acting CNA ahead  of Sani Omolori.

Adamu Fika chairman of the NASS Service Commission had replied Sen. Saraki President of the Senate that the appointment cannot be reversed. He said Omolori is the most senior in ranking and not Efeturi. Fika had also told the Senate President that the appointment  of Omolori was backed by 11 out of the 13 Commissioners in the Commission with himself exempting because of the overwhelming support for Omolori  by the Commissioners. This letter prompted the letter by 7 of the Commissioners who dissociated themselves from the position of Adamu Fika.

FIKA SHOULD RESIGN

Meanwhile the Association of Parliamentary Writers APW have called on Adamu Fika to resign over his role on the appointment of acting CNA. The Association in a press release made available to media men in the National Assembly said with the revelations that Fika wants to foist Omolori on the National Assembly in disregard to service procedures is a corrupt practice which should not be taken lightly.
"The fact that Fika had lied that Omolori is senior to Efeturi and that 11 commissioners had supported the appointment of Omolori shows that Fika has no moral right to occupy the office of Chairman of the Commission. He should resign because his conduct is retrogressive, repulsive and inimical to the moral of staff of the National Assembly and the Commission."  the group said.